bonspiel

American

[bon-speel] / ˈbɒnˌspil /

noun

a competition or meet in curling at which teams from several clubs or districts compete with one another.

bonspiel British

/ -spəl, ˈbɒnˌspiːl /

noun

a curling match

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Etymology

Origin of bonspiel

1555–65; Scots dial., perhaps < Dutch or Low German; compare Dutch spel game, play ( Middle Dutch, cognate with Old High German spil, German Spiel ); identity of first element uncertain

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